PSI CHI—National Honor Society in Psychology

The Behavioral Sciences Department is a sponsor for Psi Chi, The National Honor Society in Psychology, which offers opportunities for students who excel in their academic coursework in their respective Behavioral Sciences programs. Psi Chi was founded in 1929 for the purposes of encouraging, stimulating, and maintaining excellence in scholarship, and advancing the science of psychology. Rochester College became a local chapter in 1997. Membership is open to all undergraduate students.

Students invited to join Psi Chi have shown a significant interest in Psychology and must meet the minimum requirements for undergraduate students:

• Must be enrolled as a student at Rochester College.
• Must have established a GPA by completing at least two semesters at Rochester College.
• Must be at least a second-semester sophomore.
• Must be enrolled as a major or minor in a psychology program or a program psychological in nature that is equivalent to a psychology major.
• Completion of 9 semester or 14 quarter hours (3 courses) of psychology.
• Undergraduates who are elected to Psi Chi must have an overall cumulative GPA of 3.00 (on a 4.00 scale) and rank in the upper 35 percent of their class in general scholarship. They must also demonstrate superior scholarship in psychology, earning a minimum GPA in psychology courses of 3.00 (on a 4.00 scale).
• Psi Chi accepts the policy of the institution regarding grades.
• High standards of personal behavior.

Undergraduate students who have transferred to a new institution and are interested in becoming a Psi Chi member must meet the requirements listed above, plus complete two semesters at the new institution to establish a GPA and complete 9 hours of psychology courses at the new institution.

See Psi Chi’s website at www.psichi.org for additional information.